Lesson plan for Irving Berlin and God Bless America created by Jennifer Bowling for grades 6-8.
Go to the LOC's God Bless America site or go to http://www.loc.gov/index.html (Library of Congress website's Digital Collections Performing Arts section on Patriotic Melodies and choose God Bless America).
The student will rehearse and perform God Bless America.
To better understand the background of the music, use the LOC website to complete the following.
Discuss the composer Irving Berlin and view the portrait.
List composer dates
List other compositions
Listen to examples on Sound Recordings.
Go to the LOC's God Bless America site or go to http://www.loc.gov/index.html (Library of Congress website's Digital Collections Performing Arts section on Patriotic Melodies and choose God Bless America).
The student will rehearse and perform God Bless America.
To better understand the background of the music, use the LOC website to complete the following.
Discuss the composer Irving Berlin and view the portrait.
List composer dates
List other compositions
Listen to examples on Sound Recordings.